The most retro thg about CHIPS is the gay panic

Contents:

• IS MICHAEL PEñA GAY?
• NOW PLAYG: GAY PANIC HOMOPHOBIA THE NEW ‘CHIPS’ MOVIE
• THE MOST RETRO THG ABOUT CHIPS IS THE GAY PANIC
• REARS SOUND OFF ON MICHAEL PENA, GAY MARRIAGE AND OSAMA B LAN
• ¿MARIANO PEñA GAY?

IS MICHAEL PEñA GAY?

Michael Peña has never ma any public statement about this, so all mors about if Michael Peña is gay rema pletely unfound and unproven.

NOW PLAYG: GAY PANIC HOMOPHOBIA THE NEW ‘CHIPS’ MOVIE

Yet, as often happens wh artists of this field, the mors that Michael Peña is gay are persistent, which is surely annoyg. Although Michael Peña has never admted to beg gay, the media always nsirs the likelihood of one day reportg on the other. CHiPs is the latt TV retread to h movie theaters, and om those who’ve seen , the prevalent theme is a shameful revis to the bad old days of gay panic.

THE MOST RETRO THG ABOUT CHIPS IS THE GAY PANIC

Even the trailer, the characters played by Michael Pena and Dax Shepard — who also wrote and directed the film — repeatedly refer to homophobia and equently reference Pena’s secury about his heterosexualy, as if ntact wh another man might somehow be ditive of homosexualy.

REARS SOUND OFF ON MICHAEL PENA, GAY MARRIAGE AND OSAMA B LAN

As Ponch explas , ’s not homophobic to have a phobia of another man’s body, as long as the du whose dickprt is squickg you out also isn’t gay. Hate to break to you, Ponch, but ternalized homophobia is still homophobia. And this movie reli so heavily on tired gay panic trop, ’s almost a relief when chang tacks for an extend riff on how hilar is to make out wh ugly chicks.

¿MARIANO PEñA GAY?

This not to say that Shepard, who wrote and directed the feature film adaptatn, means the LGBT muny harm  his edic approach — the script clus some tertg nversatns about men and sexualy, though none remove the stg of cheap lghs at the expense of homosexuals.

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